• PV-Tech: Nexamp, Starbucks to build 40MW community solar in Illinois
• Solar Power World: Advocates file injunction to halt new California battery installer requirements
• Utility Dive: Sunrun, BGE launch first US electric vehicle-to-home virtual power plant
• Bloomberg: Enel Sells Spanish Solar Assets Stake to Masdar as Debt Declines
• Reuters: Canadian and Indian solar firms join forces on US cell factory
• Renewable Energy World: Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board
• Energy Storage News: Ormat signs California BESS agreement in shift from merchant to contracted revenues
• PV-Magazine: California replacing nuclear with solar plus storage

Opinion

• Heatmap News: Why the Vineyard Wind Blade Broke

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• Bloomberg: Enphase Sales Rise on Stabilizing California Home Solar
• Utility Dive: Utility commissioners from 14 states, DC, say FERC transmission rule will lower energy costs
• Reuters: NextEra sees renewables demand tripling as data center power needs ramp up
• Renewable Energy World: Time to forget about FICO? New solar qualification metric for low-income households launches
• PV-Tech: China installs 102.48GW of new PV in first half of 2024
• PV-Magazine: Bigger is better as module makers power ahead
• Solar Power World: First Solar Series 7 panels installed on Arkansas project by Scenic Hill Solar
• Energy Storage News: First Solar Series 7 panels installed on Arkansas project by Scenic Hill Solar

Opinion

• Canary Media: Tesla’s battery business is booming

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• Solar Power World: New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List
• Reuters: Enphase Energy beats Q2 operating profit estimates fueled by US recovery
• Axios: Earth likely just had its hottest day in thousands of years
• PV-Magazine: U.S. Senators introduce comprehensive energy permitting reform act
• Utility Dive: Energy storage industry sees 117% increase in corporate funding in H1 2024: Mercom
• Bloomberg: Barclays Calls On Starmer’s Government to Lead on Climate Tech
• PV-Tech: LevelTen – European solar PPA prices falls 27% as prices remain stable in North America
• Renewable Energy World: New Hampshire law provides new solar incentives for cities, drops ineffective consumer rebate program
• Energy Storage News: California eyes central procurement of 2GW of LDES to help scale novel technologies
• Heatmap News: American Climate Policy Needed Biden

Opinion

• New York Times: Can Kamala Harris Finish Biden’s Climate Agenda?

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• Solar Power World: Renova Energy ‘temporarily’ halts operations amid SunPower chaos
• Canary Media: Goodbye to the first climate president
• New York Times: Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate
• Bloomberg: Bloomberg on Trends in Renewable Investment
• Axios: Climate summit host unveils new fund ahead of COP29
• Reuters: Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030
• PV-Tech: Masdar raises US$1 billion in green bonds for new renewable power projects
• Renewable Energy World: Software aims to help local governments standardize, streamline solar permitting
• Energy Storage News: Enel North America CEO: ‘US BESS industry ultimately needs local manufacturing’
• PV-Magazine: Massachusetts passes pro-solar and energy storage reforms

Opinion

• Utility Dive: Innovative solutions emerge to reduce 2.5-TW US clean energy interconnection backlog

Best, Yann